Vocab
This word part means "to shine".
What is "-lus-"?
This genre is a nonfiction narrative, or true story, in which the author relates events from their own life.
What is an autobiography?
In an informational text, an author will express this, or a thesis with different details.
What is a central idea?
A type of point of view that uses words like "he, him, she, they, their"
What is third person?
Language that is meant to be understood imaginatively rather than literally.
What is figurative lanuage?
This is a word that means to have a strong drive to accomplish something.
What is "motivation"?
This genre is a traditional story that explains how some aspect of the world came to be.
What is a creation story?
Examples of this include comparison-and-contrast, cause-and-effect, and chronological (time) order.
What is an organizational pattern?
A word with a similar meaning is called this.
What is a synonym.
Lines, line breaks, stanzas, and rhyme schemes are all examples of this.
What are the structural elements of poetry?
Hummingbirds do this. Also means to remain in one place in air.
What is "hover"?
This genre is a type of nonfiction narrative in which a writer tells the story of another person's life.
What is a biography?
These are the four details found in an informational article.
What are facts, examples, anecdotes, and statistics?
A type of pronoun that shows ownership of something.
What is a possessive pronoun?
This is the message or insight about life that a story expresses.
What is theme?
This is when someone is not in the right place or separated from a group. Also the name for a lost animal.
What is "stray"
This genre is a type of imaginative literature that often uses concise, musical, and emotionally charged language.
What is poetry?
This is the main reason for writing. The reason could be to inform, persuade, entertain, describe, or express feelings.
What is author's purpose?
This type of clause has a subject and a verb and can stand alone as a sentence.
What is an independent clause?
This is the writer's attitude toward the audience and subject.
What is tone?
What is "disappear?"
This genre is a short nonfiction work that educates readers about a topic.
What is an informational article?
"The Federation of Horses in Education and Therapy International (HETI) reports 263 member programs in 47 countries"
What is a statistic?
This type of pronoun emphasizes the noun or pronoun to which it refers. For example, "Luke himself should have known better".
What are intensive pronouns?
In poetry, the end of the line matches the completion of the thought or meaning marked with a period, comma, semicolon, dash, or other punctuation.
What is an end-stopped line?